Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Fun at Grandpa and Grandma's House
Eli was so lucky this past weekend. He spent time with Grandpa and Grandma Wagner AND Grandpa and Grandma Tempel. Can you say SPOILED??? Our family got together with both sets of grandparents at Grandpa and Grandma Wagner's house in Springfield, Missouri.
One of the highlights was seeing all of his grandparents on segways in Branson. They looked awesome.
We had so much fun! Eli has also developed a taste for Darin's drink of choice...just kidding, but he does has a fascination with brown glass bottles.
Thank you so much to our family for a wonderful extended weekend!
One of the highlights was seeing all of his grandparents on segways in Branson. They looked awesome.
We had so much fun! Eli has also developed a taste for Darin's drink of choice...just kidding, but he does has a fascination with brown glass bottles.
Thank you so much to our family for a wonderful extended weekend!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Road Warrior
Sorry for the lack of posts this past week. Eli has been on the road. First, it was an eight-hour trek north to Arlington to visit Great-Grandma Luepke for the first time. Eli was a traveling champ - no meltdowns and a lot of sleeping and talking to toys in the backseat. Great-Grandma Luepke was so excited to finally meet him. And, of course, Eli was enamored with his great-grandma.
We also met up with Great Aunt Diane, Cousin Ann and Eli's second cousins - Brielle and Adria. While they as different as night and day, they were so much fun to be around.
After Minnesota, it was on south to Waterloo to see Grandpa and Grandma Tempel for a few days. Eli also really enjoyed their dog Lilly as you will see from the following video. We have never seen him laugh out loud at a person, animal or toy quite like he did when he saw Lilly.
Afterwards, we traveled south to West Point, Iowa to celebrate Great-Grandpa Fedler's 80th birthday. It was a busy week filled with about 20 hours total in the car, but we had a great time.
We also met up with Great Aunt Diane, Cousin Ann and Eli's second cousins - Brielle and Adria. While they as different as night and day, they were so much fun to be around.
After Minnesota, it was on south to Waterloo to see Grandpa and Grandma Tempel for a few days. Eli also really enjoyed their dog Lilly as you will see from the following video. We have never seen him laugh out loud at a person, animal or toy quite like he did when he saw Lilly.
Afterwards, we traveled south to West Point, Iowa to celebrate Great-Grandpa Fedler's 80th birthday. It was a busy week filled with about 20 hours total in the car, but we had a great time.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
The Phantom Pacifier
Okay, again, playing with One True Media. I have wanted to catch Eli on video sucking his phantom pacifier for a while. It is just too funny and the audio is pretty cute. Sorry for the dark room - he is down for a late-morning nap today. More videos and pics to come. We have to prepare the house for Darin's Aunt Molly and cousins Grace and Mikayla, who are visiting us this weekend.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Eli's Montage
Okay - Just playing around with One True Media. A friend of mine has put together some amazing videos and montages, so I put this one together for Eli. It is almost 5 minutes, so for those of you with a short attention span, consider yourself warned.
Grandma and Grandpa Wagner AND Grandma and Grandpa Tempel, eat your heart out!
Grandma and Grandpa Wagner AND Grandma and Grandpa Tempel, eat your heart out!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Jeffrey White and Nick Vedros Photography
Thanks to Jeffrey White for letting us tag along to Nick Vedros Studio today. Eli picked up some tips on how to become a professional gnome. It was fascinating to see the inner-workings of this awesome photography company right here in KC. Nick showed us ads done for FedEx-Kinkos, Maybelline and some amazing gnome photography featuring our friend Jeffrey.
The following is one of the photos that Jeff is featured in.
Visit http://www.vedros.com/, click on Portfolio, and then Gnomes. Prepare to be blown away.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Welcome to Eli's Escapades!
A few of our friends have inspired me to start a blog about Eli's life. I know, the title is a little more than cheesy. The word escapades conjures up that song by Paula Abdul and going to the ICEcapades as a child, but you know how much we love alliteration. This blog was established to keep family and friends updated on the day-to-day, from mundane to extraordinary...it just depends on the day.
It's hard to believe that Eli is already 7 months old. Throughout his life, we have taken photos with a sign displaying his age every month. This month's photos proved to be a bit more difficult as Eli is now on the move, rolling to get from place to place. This coupled with his new-found obsession with paper (one track mind of "must tear, eat and turn paper into mush") has made our photos much more exciting and much less "perfect."
It's hard to believe that Eli is already 7 months old. Throughout his life, we have taken photos with a sign displaying his age every month. This month's photos proved to be a bit more difficult as Eli is now on the move, rolling to get from place to place. This coupled with his new-found obsession with paper (one track mind of "must tear, eat and turn paper into mush") has made our photos much more exciting and much less "perfect."
Eli has also learned on the existence of a cat in our house. Noah (our first "baby") also has a fascination with paper. He likes to sit on it.
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